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Object of the week: Harold Brown’s handmade film printer, the Mark IV

Cobbled together out of wood, elastic, Meccano and old printer parts, this vintage 1950s device – invented by a preservationist at the BFI National Archive – enabled film archivists to safely make duplicate frames of damaged or fragile films.

By Alex Prideaux

Object of the week: Harold Brown’s handmade film printer, the Mark IV

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Object of the week: 96-year-old footage of Alfred Hitchcock in a test take for his thriller Blackmail

By Bryony Dixon

Object of the week: 96-year-old footage of Alfred Hitchcock in a test take for his thriller Blackmail

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Object of the week: The painted ‘flying ballet’ design for Superman

By Claire Smith

Object of the week: The painted ‘flying ballet’ design for Superman

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Object of the week: The colourful lists from Peter Wollen’s notebook

By Nathalie Morris

Object of the week: The colourful lists from Peter Wollen’s notebook

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Object of the week: promotional still for the lost silent romcom Swim Girl, Swim

By Eva Norton

Object of the week: promotional still for the lost silent romcom Swim Girl, Swim

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Object of the week: The Red Shoes wallpaper by the film’s designer Hein Heckroth

By Nathalie Morris

Object of the week: The Red Shoes wallpaper by the film’s designer Hein Heckroth